diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The graphs are saved using `nx.write_gpickle` in the networkx format and can be
 ## Dependencies
 GEM is tested to work on Python 2.7 and Python 3.6
 
-The required dependencies are: Numpy >= 1.12.0, SciPy >= 0.19.0, Networkx == 1.11, Scikit-learn >= 0.18.1.
+The required dependencies are: Numpy >= 1.12.0, SciPy >= 0.19.0, Networkx == 2.4, Scikit-learn >= 0.18.1.
 
 To run SDNE, GEM requires Theano >= 0.9.0 and Keras = 2.0.2.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 INSTALL_REQUIRES = (
     'numpy>=1.12.0',
     'scipy>=0.19.0',
-    'networkx==1.11',
+    'networkx==2.4',
     'matplotlib>=2.0.0',
     'scikit-learn>=0.21.2',
     'theano>=0.9.0',